Harvester-reel.



PATENTED SEPT. 22, 1903.

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PATENTED SEPT. 22, 1903.

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HARVESTBR REEL.

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WILLIS E. MANN, OF ALLENVILLE, ILLINOIS.

H ARVESTER-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,692, datedSeptember 22, 1903.

Application filed November 5, 1902. Serial No. 130,177. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, WILLISE. MANN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of. Allenville, in the county of Moultrie and State ofIllinois, have made a certain new and use-. v

ful Invention in Harvester-Reels; and I declare the following tube afull, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use theinvention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of the reel extended or withthe reel-arms unfolded. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional View of the hub c.Fig. 3 is an end view of the hub shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a viewsimilar to Fig. l with the reel-arm contracted or folded. Fig. 5 is asection on the line 5 5, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail end View of hub owith collar removed. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7, Fig. 4. Fig. 8is a detail end View of the collar c. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the huband reel. Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the ring and hub. Fig. 11 isa perspective view of the disk.

The invention relates to folding harvesterreels; and it consists in thenovel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the letter adesignates the driving-shaft.

1) represents a central hollow reel-shaft,

which receives the driving-shaft a in its hollow portion, and the twoare secured together by means of a pin 75, usually provided with aspring connection, this hub and the hollow reel-shaft being also securedto the drivingshaft by said pin. This reel-shaft is detachable anddsdesigned to be arranged to fit any binder. The reel-hubs c c, rigidlyfixed upon said shaft 1), are similar, except that one hub c is usuallymade a little longer than the other. The hub is provided with shortlugarms g, which extend radially therefrom for the attachment of thereel arms or stays f, which are double, each consisting of two parts,which are pivoted one on each side of the lug-arm g by means of thepivot-bolt or.

To one side of each hub atits outer portion is bolted a peripheralabutment-ring (Z by means of bolts 91., which are seated in perforationsin the lug-arms. The outside of the ring is flush with the ends of thelug-arms, and the ring is also provided with arc-form bracing-lugs d,which project around the hub between the stays or arms of the reel whenunfolded for use in order to hold them firmly in a bracing manner. 'Onthe other side of the hub c is placed on the shaft a movable locking andbracing disk 6, which is held in position by means of a collar h, whichis secured on the shaft by means of apin or key or other suitabledevice. This disk is provided with sector-form lugs 19, which areradially arranged and are separated from each other by an interval g,which is a little greater than the thickness of the doublebranched stay,which is designed to pass through this interval when the reel is folded.Vhen unfolded to position for use, the stay is turned outward againstthe abutmentring and is locked in position by means of a lug s on oneside of the sector-shaped lug p, which when the disk 6 is rotated atlittle comes into position, engaging the stay. By

the same locking-lo g s when the reel is folded each stay is locked infolded position by turning the disk to bring the lug over the same. Thedisk is held in looking position by means of a spring bolt or pin 15,which is seated in bearings of one of the sector-lugs p and engages aperforation in the hub. Then the reel is to be folded or unfolded, thedisk must be moved sufficiently to allow the stays to pass through thenarrower portion or throat of the interval between the sector-lugs p.The outer hill) 0', or hub which is farthest from the binder, need notbe provided with a lnovablelockiug-disk,but should haveasmall bracingcollar or disk attached to the outside of the hub, as indicated atyv.

The horizontal bars 10 of the reel are designed to be pivoted to theends of the staybars f between the branches thereof,as shown, suchstay-barsf having thus a parallel movement in folding and unfolding. Inthis man.- ner it is designed to provide for harvesters a strong foldingreel which can be readily folded or unfolded and can be secured ineither position by the same locking device.

I-Iaving described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. In a harvester-reel, the central shaft, the hubs rigidly fixed uponsaid shaft, the folding stays pivoted to said hubs, and rotary means forlocking said stays in both folded and unfolded positions, substantiallyas specified.

2. In a harvester-reel, the central shaft, the hubs upon said shaft, thefolding stays pivoted to said hubs, each said hub having on one sidethereof an abutment-ring for the stays, and one of said hubs having onthe other side thereof rotary means for locking the stays in position,substantially as specified.

3. In a harvester-reel, the central shaft, the hubs, upon said shaft,the folding stays pivoted to said hubs, one of said hubs having anabutment-ring for the stays and arc-form bracing-lugs, and rotary meansfor locking the stays in both folded and unfolded positions,substantially as specified.

.4. In aharvesterreel, the combination with hub and disk, substantiallyas specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIS E. MANN. Witnesses:

SUSIE F. MOPHEETERS, GEO. A. SENTEL.

